Stardust Asylum

And when I thought it was getting better, it gets worse. You know…if I had a dollar for every time this damned forum has brought me to tears because of the intense pain of human interaction, I would be a rich person. I defy anyone who tells me how I will act or how I [...]

So, I just learned that Liam Clancy, the last surviving member of the Clancy Brothers, died today at 74. I remember when Tommy Makem died a few years ago and feeling so freaked out, as though part of my childhood was ebbing. My grandfather introduced me to the Clancy Brothers even before I became an [...]

- So…I wretchedly pulled a muscle in my lower back carrying a tote of manga and doujinshi up into the attic yesterday. It pretty much submarined all my plans for the rest of the day. It’s feeling a bit better today, but lifting and bending are sort of out of the question.
- Thinking of making [...]

So, I don’t know what happened, but 4 pm today just brought me way down. I’d been doing pretty well, but I feel like I was hit by a wall of just…negative. I think I’m going to go play with Truffle…maybe that’ll help.

So, because this is Tuesday, there is bad news. It is the way of Tuesdays. All bad things happen on Tuesdays.
Today, around noon, I was called into the CEO’s office and laid off. At noon. On a Tuesday.
It’s typical, really.
I’ve stuck with this company even when treated really awfully. This is a real slap in [...]

Unfortunately, my Grandpa passed this morning. I’m torn between numbness, crying, and trying to rationally tell myself that it’s better. He was in so much pain, and I would never ever want him to have to suffer.
My grandfather lost his family to the Nazis in WWII. They were circus performers, outcasts to the great blond [...]

When I posted yesterday that Threnody was angry with the world, I was speaking from the heart. Yesterday I was told that I was one of four non-salaried people at work to have out hours cut. This is pretty much an ouch, as I’m already not making very much.
They say it’s until the market bucks [...]

After I returned from Japan in 2005, several of my oldest closest friends decided that I had somehow wronged them. I’m not sure to this day what I did that was so egregious, but they cut off all ties to me and I basically didn’t even know anything was wrong (as they lived outside of [...]

Yay, the recession is so neat. *sarcasm* Today my dad called me after work to tell me he’d been laid off. He’s an engineer who has worked at the company since he was 16, and they give him a letter today letting him know that the 12th is his last day and they expect him [...]

Well, just had what I thought would be the second half of my root canal. No, no, I was wrong…apparently, they do it in THREE appointments, so I have to go in on Tuesday for them to ‘build up the tooth.’ Gee, thanks, guys! Apparently the fact that I’m terrified of dentists means they should [...]